[Assam] assam Digest, Vol 84, Issue 10

[R Raj Hazarika]

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>    1. Ranjit Gogoi' s Bihu dance troupe to perform at London
>       Olympic 2012 (Rini Kakati)
>    2. EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe (Nava Thakuria)
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> From: Rini Kakati <rinikakati at hotmail.com>
> To: <assam at assamnet.org>
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> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:55:46 +0000
> Subject: [Assam] Ranjit Gogoi' s Bihu dance troupe to perform at London
> Olympic 2012
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> London Olympic 2012  is a month long celebration of dance taking place in
> July. It co-insides with 'Big Dance' which is a huge national festival of
> dance - part of the overall Cultural Olympiad and Olympic festivities.
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> As Britain premier sporting venue Wembley stadium, along with five other
> venues will be hosting London Olympic 2012. The Olympic torch will reach
> Wembley from Greece on Wednesday 25 July, 2012  on its way to Stratford.
> As Rini Kakati is an active member of South Asia Advocate Group, a part of
> LOCOG 2012 ( London Olympic Committee of Games), she took the initiative on
> behalf of the committee to invite the well-known choreographer Ranjit
> Gogoi's Bihu dance troupe to perform at this prestigious event. The 16
> member professional Bihu dance group from Assam with traditional
> instruments (with Buffalo horn pipe, dhol, pepa, gagana, taal, khol, japi
> and sarai) will arrive London on 23rd July, 2012.
> Ranjit Gogoi's Bihu team from Assam is selected to perform on that day at
> Wembley as part of the cultural event.  The Bihu dance troupe has already
> been recognised in London as a popular folk dance after their performance
> at Nehru Centre, House of Lords last year in June 2011.
> Ranjit Gogoi will perform at various places in United Kingdom including
> Southbank Centre.
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> Ranjit Gogoi can be termed as the states cultural ambassador, Assamese
> Bihu which he has been performing with great aplomb. For him it has become
> a mission to promote and popularise Asomiya culture, dance, music, songs in
> western shores.
> Picture:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/attachments/folder/209038857/item/389585843/view
> Rini Kakati
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> From: Nava Thakuria <navathakuria at yahoo.com>
> To: northeastjournos at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: assam at assamnet.org
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:11:55 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [Assam] EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe
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> Dear
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> Here is a statement for your use.
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> Regards,
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> Nava Thakuria,
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> President,
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> Parag Moni Aditya,
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> Working President,
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> Bimal Ghosh,
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> Secretary,
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> Bhaskarjyoti Bhuyan,
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> Treasurer,
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> Electronic Media Forum Assam,
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> Guwahati, Assam
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> EMFA urges for a high level impartial probe
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> Guwahati, July 14: The Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA )
> has appealed to the Government of Assam to initiate a high level impartial
> probe into the allegation leveled by an activist against a television
> journalist
> involved with the incident of molestation of a girl at GS Road of the city
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> July 9, 2012 evening.
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> In an emergency meeting held at Guwahati Press Club today,
> the forum also demanded the State chief minister Tarun Gogoi, also in
> charge of
> Home department, to initiate for a collective analysis of all the forage
> of the
> incident after  forensic test.
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> The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) ladder Akhil Gogoi
> had alleged in a press meet yesterday that Gaurav Jyoti Neog of News Live
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> involved with the incident of molestation of the girl. The EMFA urged the
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> leader to submit the proof to support his allegation, and subsequently the
> activist organized a press meet today to expose the involvement of the
> journalist in the shameful incident.
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> The EMFA resolved in the meeting that the visuals presented
> by the KMSS leader were not sufficient enough to substantiate all claims
> made
> against the concerned journalist as being the instigator of the incident.
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> visuals shown by the activist was not supported by the raw footage of the
> incident, rather it was an edited DVD format, where there remains
> possibility
> of doctoring.
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> Hence the   forum
> demands that FSL test must include the raw footage of the incident (still
> possessed by Akhil Gogoi as he claimed in a press meet today), the DVD
> with the
> same content offered to SSP Apurba Jiban Barua by the News Live and the DVD
> handed over to EMFA by him after today’s press meet.
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> Meanwhile, the forum argues that Gaurav could have (should
> have) called the police first from the location of July 9 incident and then
> asked the office to send the camerapersons.The EMFA reiterates that it
> endorses the rule
> of law and journalists must behave as the law abiding citizens of the
> country always.  Hence it believes that the law of the land
> will take its own course in this respect as well.
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